The 5.1 voice recording was made before Blizzard decided to have Gideon Emery voice him instead. I believe this may have been due to Dave Mallow already voicing other characters and they wanted to create a distinction.

Also I think Gideon Emery's voice acting is superb and fits Lor'themar very well. I hope to hear more in the future.

Theron's lines were redubbed on the course of the PTR when they got Gideon Emery. I remember that when I did the DO quests I heard him, but I didn't found a video with the same lines in the OP redubbed by Emory.

Getting past the fact that the first one sounds like Adam West, the new one actually sounds like a Blood Elf, not just an angry Human. Remember, in WoW all the races are identified by their stereotypes, and having a non- or American accent is the hallmark of Stormwind Humans. Now Lor'themar actually sounds like a Blood Elf, but not just any Blood Elf, the king of the Blood Elves, regal. I know he's not actually their king but you get what I'm saying. That first voice kinda sucked to be honest, you probably just think it sounds more "badass" 'cuz he was just angry and yelling the whole time whereas in the new one he's actually having a conversation with the player half the time.

By the way, not sure if it is the same VA, but I don't really care as I think the new one is far superior.

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Originally Posted by slackjawsix

i think its the same played by the guy who did balthier if any of u played FF12

Oh man I wish, Balthier was like the sole reason I kept up with that game. Talk about hotness.
Well okay I did like the battle system, too, and the story was actually engaging for once coming from FF stock, and the graphics were nice, and, and...

The new voice is waaaaaaay better, in my opinion. He actually sounds like an elf now (commanding, elegant, proud) and not Adam West wearing a pair of cheap Spock ears.

Think Gideon Emery (the new VA) voices some of the cooler Imperial NPCs in Skyrim as well as a whole bunch of other fantasy characters (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256297/). The guy knows what he's doing and sounds cool doing it.

I like both but prefer the second. Emery's portrayal has both a nice inflection and pronunciation that screams "Blood Elf" and a ruggedness that suits a character like him. He's done a great job in my opinion. And yeah, he does sound like Ser Jorah Mormont, which is even better, lol.